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[–] Fribbizz@feddit.org 3 points 2 hours ago

Property taxes are local — they fund schools,

Funding schools by highly localized tax isn't universal. The US adopted it to make sure less affluent areas have worse schools. I believe the UK does similar things, but they also want marked differences between public and private school alumnus.

but most that tried it abandoned it — capital flight and valuation headaches.

And most importantly: relentless lobbying by the wealthy to get rid of those taxes.